Two women wearing elaborate floral headdresses and painted skull makeup, one in a white bridal gown and the other in a black dress, pose with a child and a man in a sombrero.
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Coral Gables marks Día de Muertos with Octavio Paz altar and park festival

Coral Gables will mark Día de Muertos on Saturday, Oct. 31, with two free celebrations that approach Mexico’s tradition of remembrance from different directions: a literary tribute to Nobel Prize-winning…

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Bab Bou Jeloud, Fez's historic Blue Gate, illuminated at dusk with three horseshoe arches, intricate blue mosaic tilework and battlements beneath a pink and purple sunset sky, with red traffic light trails in the foreground.
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Morocco Days brings crafts, food and trade to Ponce Circle Park

A Moroccan souk is coming to the heart of Coral Gables this weekend, bringing traditional crafts, contemporary design, food and business connections to Ponce Circle Park for two days. Morocco…

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Richard Serra's Fin, a large, dark, curved steel wall with a sloping upper edge, displayed in a stone-floored Manhattan office lobby with floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Coral Gables eyes 18-ton Serra sculpture for up to $5 million, but has no site

The Coral Gables Cultural Development Board will consider Tuesday whether the city should pursue an 18-ton steel sculpture by celebrated American artist Richard Serra for up to $5 million, even…

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Three carved jack-o’-lanterns glowing over water at dusk, evoking the Pumpkin Float event at the Coral Gables Golf & Country Club.
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Coral Gables Halloween 2026: what’s free, what costs and what to book

Pumpkins will take over Ponce Circle Park, jack-o’-lanterns will float in a swimming pool, and the War Memorial Youth Center’s basketball gym will become a haunted house as Coral Gables…

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Two masked little-person Lucha Libre wrestlers compete in a wrestling ring as spectators watch from the background.
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Little-person wrestling dropped from Day of the Dead festival after board objections

Little-person wrestlers have been dropped from a Lucha Libre exhibition planned for Coral Gables’ Oct. 31 Day of the Dead celebration, according to sources close to the city, hours after…

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Mayor Vince Lago speaks at a podium during his 2026 State of the City address at the Biltmore Hotel.
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State of the City: Lago points to business growth, parks and major projects

Mayor Vince Lago used his sixth State of the City address (see transcript below) Sept. 17 to present Coral Gables as a city entering its second century with a growing…

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Rendering titled “View into the Park from the Pavilion” showing the proposed Ponce Circle Park redesign with landscaped walkways, pavilion structures, shade trees and the Frank Stella sculpture rising from a fountain.
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Ponce Circle Park redesign draws early support, but questions linger over noise and sculpture

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables residents who attended a public meeting Monday on the proposed redesign of Fred B. Hartnett Ponce Circle Park were overwhelmingly supportive of plans…

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A large nighttime crowd of families and residents sits on lawn chairs and blankets at Ponce Circle Park, watching a University of Miami football game on a large outdoor screen, with surrounding buildings illuminated behind them.
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Commission envisions band shell and major events as future of Ponce Circle Park after watch party success

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Members of the Coral Gables City Commission praised the recent University of Miami national football championship watch party at Ponce Circle Park as a major…

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